Does meat cause cancer?
Last October, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a two-page report entitled “Carcinogenicity of Consumption of Red and Processed Meat,” warning the planet that processed meat definitely causes colorectal cancer in humans, and that red meat “probably” causes colorectal cancer in humans. The report listed a total of 20 scientific references. WHO’s frightening anti-meat proclamation made headlines worldwide and had a major impact on how people think about meat and health. While plenty of pro-meat critiques of the WHO report have been published, the majority of those I read took the WHO’s findings at face value and emphasized that the statistical risk associated with eating processed and red meat is very small.
I strongly disagree. I read the report and all of the experimental studies cited in the report. I found no scientific evidence to support the WHO’s anti-meat cries, and I think it is important to set the record straight.
Everything causes cancer. That’s not gonna stop me from living my life. I’m gonna have 3 bacon cheeseburgers for lunch, then chase them with some vodka and a cigarette. I just started my 3rd 12 hour shift of the week, I’m gonna do what makes me happy.
https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.047142
How right you are. That’s because the last 40 years of cancer research has been asking the wrong question.
I’m very moved by the metabolic mitochondrial theory of cancer. Basically don’t eat carbs.
Enjoy those 3 bacon cheeseburgers! Just skip the buns if you can
I actually wrap my burgers in iceberg lettuce (inb4 “crunchy water”), because I prefer them that way. Nothing to do with health, I just don’t like bread very much. I’m not a zero carb person, I eat French toast every Monday. But I don’t like bread if it’s not smothered in eggs and milk before I fry it in oil.
Dr Ede is saying that there is no science behind the assertion that red meat causes cancer, though!
Your life is yours to live, I agree.
Some folks say it causes cancer, some folks say it doesn’t. My point is that I don’t care either way. I’m not gonna alter my life because of a small risk of developing a certain kind of cancer (true or not). Smoking is gonna kill me, drinking is gonna kill me, so I might as well enjoy some good food along the way.